First appearance on Fox: A group affiliated with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York is facing a complaint alleging that it violated Federal Election Commission (FEC) rules.
The mysterious organization, called Last Best Place PAC, recently jumped into the Montana Senate race, spending millions of dollars targeting former Navy SEAL Tim Sheehy ahead of the state’s Republican primary. I started pitching.
Last Best Place PAC is financially driven by Majority Forward, an underground financial nonprofit that funneled hundreds of thousands of dollars to Schumer-affiliated Senate Majority PAC for payroll, insurance and IT security. . Majority Forward poured $2.14 million into the Last Best Place PAC and was its sole donor, according to federal records filed last week.
Meanwhile, the organization has not filed a single independent expenditure report documenting these actions, as required by FEC rules, and is currently facing a complaint from Americans for Public Trust (APT) over this matter. .
Groups aligned with Mr. Schumer withdrew $270 million from secret donors in recent years as Mr. Schumer accused him of dark money.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D.N.Y.) answers questions from reporters outside the Senate chamber on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023, at the Capitol in Washington. Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023 President Joe Biden’s nearly $106 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel and other needs will help Republicans close the U.S.-Mexico border in exchange for giving Ukraine new U.S. dollars in its fight against Russia. It sits idly in Congress while insisting on policy provisions. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
“The Last Best Place PAC is secretly laundering millions of dollars from liberals in Washington, D.C., while masquerading as a local operation in Montana,” APT Executive Director Caitlin Sutherland told Fox News Digital. Ta.
“Spending vast sums of money to influence this election without filing legally required reports violates the letter and spirit of election law,” Sutherland continued. . “This action warrants an immediate investigation by the FEC in order to uphold basic standards of transparency and public trust.”
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APT said in a complaint filed with the FEC on Monday morning that Last Best Place PAC “made independent expenditures totaling more than $10,000 in a calendar year,” and reports have indicated as much. He said there was. Accordingly, Last Best Place PAC was required to file an independent expenditure report showing its ad purchases, but failed to do so.
Republican Montana Senate candidate Tim Sheehy, a former Navy SEAL. (Tim Sheehy of Montana)
The Last Best Place PAC’s recently filed year-end report also shed light on media spending. From early September to late December, PAC funneled more than $2.1 million in media buying and production costs to Waterfront Strategies and Mountain Media, according to filings.
APT’s complaint states that the committee “has failed to meet the legal requirements and basic transparency standards that all other independent appropriations committees must adhere to,” and that the FEC should immediately investigate and ” “Determine and impose appropriate sanctions for any violations.” . ”
The latest attempt to stir up Montana’s Republican primary, as Mr. Sheehy faces a possible challenge from Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Mont., is a sign of interference in the Republican race. It’s just the latest example of a group linked to Schumer, which has come under fire for its actions.
Emigrant, Montana – July 24: A ceremony honoring the four Airmen killed in a 1962 B-47 crash at 8,500 feet on Emigrant Peak on July 24, 2021 in Emigrant, Montana. Montana Republican Rep. Matt Rosendale speaks. Recent bipartisan legislation in Congress would honor the aviators with a monument at the crash site. (Photo by William Campbell/Getty Images) (William Campbell)
In the Big Sky state, Last Best Place PAC has spent more than $5 million attacking Sheehy in the race to unseat vulnerable Democratic Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.), according to AdImpact. It is reported that this is the plan.
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“Career politicians in Washington, D.C., are afraid of conservative outsider Tim Sheehy because he plans to join President Trump in draining the swamp, saving our country, and putting America and Montana first. Yes!” Sheehy told Fox News Digital after the Senate Majority PAC confirmed to Fox News Digital that it was backing the Last Best Place PAC.
Fox News Digital has reached out to Senate Majority PAC for comment on the complaint.
